Corn and fruit spoon.



No. 868,583. l PATENTE@ 15, mm.

` 1 D. SUHUYLEB.

com AND FRUIT SPOON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1905.

(x /f0 y m2868583. PATBNTED 001215, 1907.

D. SGHUYLBR.

-GURN AND PRUITSPOON.-

l APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24. 195.

2 SHBETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED sPATnNT onirica.

, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO PROG-RESTVE BUSINESS .tooRPoRArIo'N or CALIFORNIA.'

CORN AND FRUIT SPOON.

, Naseasssi specification of Lettrs Patent. Applicata-.i steingut 24,1905. serial No. 275,529

mienten oci.. i 5, 1907.

A I j i' ail-whom it rnay concern:

Beit known that I, Divian ScnUYLER, a citizenof .-r the., United States, and a resident of the city oi San4 Diego, in the county oi San Diego and State oi A( ali- ,I -.'fo'rn'ia, temporarily residing at Bridgeport, in the f.-county of Fairfield and' State of Connecticut, have inv'==vented a -new and useful Corn and Fruit Spoon,.of

which the following is a speciiication.

1 This invention relates to tableware.

2*-"10 4ein object-fof this inventionis tov provide an article oi -taibleware by means oi'which green corn cooked. in' the carcan be eaten with convenience, comfort, ease and chinees. A 'i9 'object in view is to remove the kernels entire '-515' fr'cinrtheir'socket's without mingling' the food portion of the cornwith portions of the cob1 as is usually the case wlieie ai'sliarp'kniie is used for'r'cin'oving the kernels i from 'the cob. By'means of this spoon the loss of the 4r'iuiti'itious. germs which are often left on the' cob when rior/means' ior` eating melons and fruit, as oranges and j grape-fruit or pomelos, in which the pulp is lia-ble to I deflect the point oi an ordinary spoon; an advantage atftainedubythis invention being certainguiding or' the spoonxand ready detaching and gatheringV of tissues of .the piplp for conveying the same to the, mouth with I y .v ,eas convenience land l'neat-ness, without` spilling any 30." of the juice or pulp, or getting any o thepfnlit on ones hands.

1 Thenvention comprises a spoonhaving'a truncated bowl terminating in side guides or guards formed of` ...extensions of the rim'of such bow-Land an intermedi- .ate 'ifood-fdetaching portion which is below the level of said rim, so that the food whicbfis detached in using ""ii'no'ther object o i'the invention is tov provide supe- Arn' is eaten either by the teeth or'cut `trono the f pthe Spoon will be guided into the `bowl which lies rear- -ewvardly from-the'food-detachng'portion of the spoon. 1 ...tI The spoon may be variously constructed, and where heispoon is designed exclusively for use as a 'corn 'spoom the intermediate ruit-detaching portion will o u':pniforabl'y consist of cines or teeth which are somewhat f blunt; while with spoons designed exclusively for use l "f 'in eating oranges7 ponielos, or other fruit having more 4.5 or lessl tough tissues, the food-detaching. port-ioni may g from the iront o the' spoon as seen in Fig. 2, in a plane be provided with sharpened edges for severing the: tis- 4The accompanying drawings illustrate Athe invention -Lbrolieh away to contractthe View'. Fig. 3 is a'ection vention.

Il of the handle on line a-z-g, Fig; l. Fig. 4 is a view of i the invention as applied in a com spoon. Fig. 5 is an end View of the spoon shown in Fig. 4, the handle being omitted and the teeth or tines being blunt. Fig. .6.is a section of the handle on line :u 4:5, Fig. 4. Fig. .7 is i an enlarged fragmental section on line indicated by I 4xf-jgr", Figs. 1 and 4. Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively fragmental plan and front end views of anoth the spoon embodying the invention.- Figs. 10 and 11, "l2 and 13, 14a-nd 15, 16 and 17, 18 and 19, 20 and 21, 22 and 23, are respectively fragmental'plan' and frontend views of other 'foims of spoons embodying this inl Fig. 25 is a longitudinal section on line xfs-4x25, Figs. 1

Figs. land 5. Fig. 27 is a sectionon line .aT-x27, lookingv toward lthe tip' ofthe spoon in Figs. l and 4. Fig. 28 is an enlarged elevation showing the ends of the tines and guards shown inF'igs. 4 and 5; td slfow that l theA ends' oisaid tines and guards will be preferably rounded and smooth, lthere being no sharpedges which might cut the fingers, the sharp edges oi the food-detaching-portion being guarded.' l. i

The spoon' comprises a handle A La truncated bowl 2 l thereon open at the front and provided at said open front with a'. food-detaching portion 3 and with guards or guides 4 which are preferably ata llevel above the intermediate food det'aching portion 3, and formed of forward extensions of the rim of the bowl, as' may be i clearly seen .from Figs. l, 2, and 2 5, which are different views of the first form of spoon shown in the drawings; although for general purposesthe form shown in Fig. 4 is deemed preferable, the intermediatetines or teeth. which form the food-detaching portion of said spoon being either blunt or havingvsharp edges, depending upon the purpose for. which it'ismore particularlyn designed. Y I i For convenience of descripticui,l the intermediate cated by the. character 3 with an exponent,- and the guards or guides of the several iol-ms are indicated by the character 4 and an V.Figl l the exponent is omitted. In the form shown'in said Fig. l the intermediate food-detaching portion 3. is approximately lin the arc of a circle-when viewed in which the guards and guides 4 terminate, the ends of said guards and guides being .above the le'vel 'of the -l'ends of the intermediate tines. T he'tines'maybe blunt, as indicated in Fig. 2, or they may sharpsha'rp edges extending along the 'inside ofthe guards or guides 1. 1` 'd ened'at their edges;V` as indicated' atf' 7,'l the er form of Fig. 24 is a 'section on line :c2-'-x24, Fig. 22.

and 2. Fig. 26 is a. longitudinal section online g2b- 2.0, v 7

food-detaching portions o f the'seyeral 'views areindil exponent, excepting tiratiin howl of the spoon terminates at its forward ond inside guards or Ieuides 4' and tlnl l'ood-dotat'hing portion Il* is interns-.diete said guides and hf-low the level thereof.

lu Figs. l, 2, 25,' kl and 5 the fi ps ot' the tines or teeth l terminate infn plane rearward from thc plane in which the guards or guides 1' Iern'iinate.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the intermediate fruit-severing portion il is in the t'orin ot', short teeth tei-initiating; rearwardly from the tips of the guards or guides 42 and ar ranged in the are of a circle.

In Figs. l() and ll .the intermediate .portion 3 is in the form of all-shaped opening extending backward from the tips 43 of the' rims of thcbowl, which tipsorm the guards and guides of this form of spoon.

in Figs. l2 and lil the fowl-severing portion 3" is it the forni ofv an M-shaped edge hetwccn the guards or, guidesl In Figs. 14 and 15j-he food-severing portion 35 is in the form of-a threesided edge nearly rectangular in form, the guards or guides 45 being formed at the sidesV edgeextends in a plane that is at right angles to the axis of the spoon, as shown in Fig. 14.

In Figs. 16`and 17 the lfood-detaching portion 3" eictends forwardly in a curve at the middle, and the mar gins 7 of said portion converge from the tips of the -guards or guides 4 to the curvededge 8'., y

In Figs518 and 19 the' intermediate portion 3" is formed of teeth arranged in line 4at right angles to the axis of the spoon, and the guards or guides 47 project beyond such line.

In Figs. 20 and 21 the food-detaching portion is in the form o arl-'intermediate square-endedtooth 3B lbetween the guards and guides 4".

` In Figs. 22 and 23 the intermediate itmd-dejtaching portion isin the form of a U-shaped edge 3" between forilvardly-pmjecting guards 4". I y

In Fig. 24`it is seen that the edge 3" maybe beveled from the underside to 'the upper 'side so ns to form a sharp cutting portion. When thusformed the spoon is more especially designed for eatingrmelons, oranges, andthe like.

In Fig. 28 the fwd-detaohing portion 30 is shown rounded and smooth, there being no sharpfedge, thus more. particularly adapting the spoon for removing the kernels of corn whole.

It is to be understood that in all of the forms, ex-y loose, excavated, lifted up and pressed hack into the bowl 2 bya forward movement' of the lutter.

' It-will be seen that by using atrnuented howl the same is adapt-cd to conform to thewitiner face of the rind ot' ,an orange or other globular fruit,and lin eating' suc-h fruit the pulp may readily'bedisengaged' and taken up by th'e bowl, and the juices ofi-the fruit will also he takon'np and held'by the bowl. For corn,

essaiesY preferably thc internwdinte tines are three in number, as shown in Fig. l, the space between the two guards or outer fines or teeth, 4, 4, being somewhat wider v than the width of two average'rows ol' vorn kernels, so that the middle tine willV pass along between the 'two rows and the next to the outer tincs, (a, b), will sevrr or dig out the kernels from their sockets.

The bowl 2 is ot' considerable depth and of sufficient #apar-ity to hohl` a mouthful of the removed kernels, or ot' the` pulp in the case of eating fruit. "llw outer guards or guides 4, 4', etc., serve to cause the corn to roll into the howl without loss of any of the kernels.

The handle .l is preferably of considerable width, length and thickness, so as to afford a. firm grip for the hand, and is also provided 'with shoulders 11 hear the bowl at the front-.end of the handle to form one'r more stops for the fingers of the user. An additional shoulder or boss 12 may be formed projecting up from the face ofthe handle between the main body of the handle yand the bowl 2. The handle preferablycoinprises the main broad body 13 connected with the bowl h'y a short, narrow neck 14 whioh may be broadened to give room for the 'shoulder or boss V12, which for the corn spoon may be in the form to represent tho'tip' of an ear of corn, and for an orange spoon, may be in 4the form of half an orange. l

' The bowl 2 terminates in a Fulcrum portion 15 at the heel of the bowl,a.nd `the handle is connected with said heel by a short neck 14 upwardly bent from said Fulcrum portion, The handle may also' be provided with a boss 17' at the ond opposite the bowl to afford a firmer grip Vfor the hand -so that the utensil can be 4firmly held in the handovhile removing the kernels from the cob, n

The bosses 12 and 17 may be of any appropriateof nainental or other shape. Thcyare preferably made to representend and side elevations, respectively, of an ear of corn, or vmay represent an orange in bas-relief.

ln practice, for eating com, the user may grasp the handle with one hand, plac'ing the finger against one of the stops 11 ,or l2, and then holding the'ai of corn firmly on the plate, will run the tinus or teeth along the rows of kernels, allowing them to fill the bowl 2 of the spoon by which they ina-y be conveyed to the mouth. In some instances, the user may pry with the spoon, using the heel thereof as a [nh-rum, thus lifting of the howl and below the level of the guards and guides and the howl-rim, and thereupon-tho howl re ceivcs the detached pulp and thc juices to` con vcy the `saine to the mouth.

It is to be noted finally that in all of the yarions forms `shown in Figs. l to 28 inclusive, this novelsporm comprises atruncatcd concave bowl, the body portion and the rear end of, which fortn a single ooneavty cloiwrl at the heel and open at front and top front heel forward, said bowl liting .truncatcdnt tl'uafrrnrtfrmd; that said spoon `has a handleuin the rear crmfaveportion of'said said guards und guides 4conforms practically to the in- 'side of 4the orange rind and detaches the pnlpin -front bowl, and is provided, with guides or guards which are at a. common level and form forward extensions of the guides or guarde, the forward end of seidtruneated4 howl, said ood-detach'ng edge portion being between said guides and below the level o5 said rim and the tops of said guides for the purpose of detachng such edible portions of fruit or vegetables as' may, on v:l forward movement of the spoon, be brought between the guards or guides, thereby to cause such edible portions to be gathered into the bowl of the spoon and conveyed to the mouth without liability of spilling.

That Ielaim is:- i

i 1. A spoon comprising a .truncated concave bowl, the 'body portion und rear end or which form n singlev concavity, sslid howl being truncated :lt the :front end; a han- Zdie on the rear concave portion of said bowl, guides or 'llards which are at n. level and form forward extensions of the rim of the bowl; and .fl food-detaclllng edge pol-lion fornllnl,- together with sllid guides, or guards, the fol-wird end of said 'truncnted bowl, said fooddoialellim: edge portion hel'ng between said guides and below the level of said rim und the tops of said guides for the purpose o'i Gemein in?,r such edible portions of fruit or vegetables lis muy, on n iforward movement of the spoon, be brought between the guards or guides, thereby to cnuse such edible portions to be gathered into the bowl of the spoon und convyexl to the month without linbillty of spilling.

'2. A spoon comprising a handle, :l bowl thereon open :xt ille front end and terminating in u. plurality of teeth or tines, the outer onesof which project fol-wurd beyond the intermediate ones.

4ln testimony whereof, [have hereunto set my lhand zlt- Bridgeport, Connecticut this 22" day o! August 1905. 

